2025, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part C

author(s)
Trishna Halder

abstract
A descriptive study to assess the knowledge and practice regarding cardiac rehabilitation of Myocardial Infarction patient and their care giver in N R S Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. The conceptual framework adopted for the study was based on ‘(Rosen stock’s 1974, Becker and Maiman's 1975) Health Belief Model’. Eighty-four MI patient and Eighty-four care giver of MI patient were selected as samples by non-probability purposive sampling technique to collect data. A valid reliable structured knowledge questionnaire and structured practice questionnaire were used for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The result revealed that the MI patient obtained 47.6% average knowledge score and 52.4% average practice score and care giver of MI patient obtained 47.6% good knowledge score and 51.2% average practice score related to cardiac rehabilitation. Significant relationship was found between knowledge and practice score regarding cardiac rehabilitation of MI patient [r=0.51,’t’ (82) =0.21, *p<0.05] and also Significant relationship was found between knowledge and practice score regarding cardiac rehabilitation of care giver of MI patient[r=0.44,'t'(82)=0.21, *p<0.05].There was no significant association between knowledge score of MI patient and selected demographic variables, i.e. age, gender, occupation, family income, dependency level of patient, type of family except educational status, area of residence, duration of illness there was significant association at 0.05 level of significant. The study has implications in different fields of nursing practice, nursing education, nursing administration and nursing research. On the basis of findings some recommendations were made for future studies or wider generalization.